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1 WORLD SAILING 2015 supplements to the CALL BOOK FOR TEAM RACING including the 2014 supplements international sailing federation sailing.org isaf.com

2 2015 supplements to The CALL BOOK for TEAM RACING for Including the 2014 supplements International Sailing Federation

3 Summary of changes: 2014 Changes TR Call D2 TR Call L7 TR Call M10 New Question 2 added New Call New Call 2015 Changes TR Call L8 TR Call L10 TR Call M11 New Call New Call New Call

4 TR CALL D2 Rule 10 Rule 16 On Opposite Tacks Changing Course Question 1 On a windward leg in light winds, B on starboard tack and Y on port tack are on converging courses. At approximately three lengths from B, Y bears away to avoid B. B then bears away, so that the boats remain on a collision course. Both Y and B continue to bear away, until they finally pass one another with the wind approximately abeam. Y protests. What should the call be? B4 B3 B2 Y2 Y3 Y4 B1 Y1 Answer 1 Penalize B. After the start rule 16.2 prohibits a starboard tack boat from changing course if that requires a port tack boat, that is keeping clear by sailing to pass astern of her, to have to change course immediately to continue to keep clear. When B alters course between position 1 and 2, Y does not have to make an immediate change of course, so no rule is broken. When B alters course between positions 2 and 3, she breaks rule Boat Y was keeping clear by sailing to pass astern of B, but after B s latest change of course Y has to change course immediately to continue to keep clear. When the wind is stronger or the boats are moving faster, if B performs a similar manoeuvre she will break rule 16.2 when further from Y. Section D - The Windward Leg Supplement January 2014

5 Question 2 B on starboard tack and Y on port tack are on a beat to windward. Y bears away to pass behind B. While Y s course is still above B s stern, B starts bearing away too. Y does not need to respond immediately to B s course change. The boats bear away until both are sailing downwind courses. B continues to bear away and now Y must respond immediately. Y protests. What should the call be? Answer 2 When Y starts bearing away she begins sailing to pass astern of B, even though her course is still above B s stern. B is subject to rule 16.2 and must not change course if as a result Y would immediately need to change course to continue keeping clear. However, when B does bears away, Y has no need to change course immediately to continue keeping clear of B; B does not break rule Later, when Y does need to change course immediately to continue keeping clear of B, Y is no longer sailing a course to pass astern of B and therefore rule 16.2 no longer applies. If Y is unable to continue keeping clear in a seamanlike way, B breaks rule Penalise B. If Y is able to continue keeping clear in a seamanlike way, no penalty. The expression 'sailing to pass astern' in rule 16.2 refers to the overall actions of the port-tack boat clearly attempting to pass astern of the starboard-tack boat, and not necessarily to the course or heading she is sailing at any moment. Section D - The Windward Leg Supplement January 2014

6 TR CALL L7 Rule D4.2 Rule D4.4 Rule D4.5 Terminating a Series Ties in a Completed Round-Robin Series Ties in an Incomplete Round-Robin Series An event plans to hold a round robin series followed by a semi-final and a final. The round robin series is scheduled to have three round robins. Light winds force the round robin series to be terminated when 36 out of 45 races of the second round robin have been sailed. Question 1 Does the decision to terminate the second round robin mean the round robin series is complete? Answer 1 No. The act of terminating a longer-specified series does not mean the series is completed. Question 2 Would the answer to Question 1 be different if the number of round robins required to complete the round robin series was not specified in the sailing instructions? Answer 2 Yes. The act of terminating an unspecified series completes the series. Question 3 Rule D4.2(b) advises that, if 80% of a round robin has been sailed, that round robin should be considered complete for scoring purposes. Does this mean it is also considered complete for tie-break purposes? Answer 3 Yes. Tie-breaking is part of the scoring process. Question 4 Can a round robin that is deemed complete under rule D4.2(b) be used to break a tie under rule D4.5? Section L - Other Rules Supplement January 2014

7 Answer 4 No. See Answer 3. The second round robin is deemed to be complete. Only incomplete round robins may be used to break a tie under rule D4.5. Therefore, as per the last sentence of rule D4.5, ties shall be broken in accordance with rule D4.4 and the second round robin would be used in this process. NOTE: Although no rule prevents a race committee from terminating one round robin and then starting another round robin in the same series, this is not good practice and would be inappropriate in most circumstances. Section L - Other Rules Supplement January 2014

8 TR CALL M10 Rule 2 Rule D1.1(d) Rule D2.3 Fair sailing Changes to the Rules of Part 2 Room to Tack Penalties Initiated by Umpires Question 1 Rule D1.1(d) requires clear and repeated arm signals, in addition to hails. If there is an arm signal but no hail from Y, what action should the umpires take a) if B protests? b) on their own initiative? Answer 1 a) When the umpires are certain that no hail for room to tack was made, then the signal for room to tack has not been made. (The umpires may be certain there was no hail if they have had no difficulty hearing other calls from a similar position.) For the purpose of the rules of Part 2 they should act as if there has been no signal. b) The umpires may decide that Y has broken rule D2.3(g) and penalize her. They could also, in an extreme or repeated case, initiate a hearing under rule 2, Fair Sailing. Question 2 If there is a hail but no arm signal, is the answer the same? Answer 2 Yes. Section M - The Umpiring Process Supplement January 2014

9 TR CALL L8 Rule 16.1 Rule 24.2 Changing Course Interfering with Another Boat Question 1 The boats are at a leeward mark to be rounded to port. Y and Z are on the same team. Y has rounded the mark and is on the leg to the next mark. Y then reverses her course and returns to trap B so that teammate Z can pass B. Between positions 5 and 6, B starts to round the mark, but is prevented from doing so by Y, a right-of-way leeward boat. B changes course to keep clear and there is no contact. B protests. What should the call be? Answer 1 Penalize Y. At position 5, B is sailing on another leg of the course than Y. B is still on the downwind leg and Y is on the leg to the next mark. B is windward boat and required to keep clear of Y. B keeps clear by luffing. Y was not sailing her proper course when she caused B to change course to avoid her. Y breaks rule Section L - Other Rules Supplement January 2015

10 When the umpires are certain that Y and B are on the same leg, rule 24.2 no longer applies At position 6, Y has returned to the previous leg (see also TR Call L6) and B has not yet rounded the mark, nor is she sailing towards the next mark. Question 2 The boats are at a leeward mark to be rounded to port. Y has rounded the mark and is on the leg to the next mark. As B enters the zone, Y bears away to gybe and sail back to the mark in order to trap B. B rounds the mark and starts sailing to the next mark. After position 3, Y luffs to a collision course with B. Both boats luff head to wind and there is no contact. Blue protests. What should the call be? Answer 2 No penalty. At position 4, B is rounding the mark on the required side and is sailing towards the next mark. The boats are no longer on different legs. Rule 24.2 does not apply. B is subject to rule 10 and Y must comply with rule 16.1 when she changes course. B keeps clear by luffing and Y complies with rule 16.1 by luffing to enable B to keep clear. Section L - Other Rules Supplement January 2015

11 TR CALL L10 Rule 16.1 Rule 19 Rule 64.1 Giving Room Room to Pass an Obstruction Penalties and Exoneration Question Yellow and Blue, overlapped on port tack, are approaching an obstruction which can be passed on either side. Rule 17 does not apply to Blue. Blue is sailing to pass to leeward of the obstruction, but from position 2 Blue luffs quickly to pass to windward of the obstruction. Yellow responds immediately, but is unable to keep clear of Blue. There is contact between them. Both boats protest. What should the call be? Answer Penalise Blue. When Blue changes course to pass to windward of the obstruction she must give Yellow room to keep clear under rule Blue fails to do so and breaks rule As a result of Blue breaking rule 16.1, Yellow is compelled to break rules 11 and 19.2(b). Yellow is therefore exonerated under rule 64.1(a). When a right of way boat on a course to pass on one side of an obstruction changes course to pass on the other side, she must comply with any applicable rules of Section A or B. Section L - Other Rules Supplement January 2015

12 TR CALL M11 Rule 18.2(b) Rule 21 Rule D2.2 Rule D2.3(a) Giving Mark-Room Exoneration Protests by Boats Penalties Initiated by Umpires Question Y is overlapped on the inside of B when B enters the zone of a mark to be rounded to port. The umpires agree that Y touched the mark. No boat protests and no boat takes a penalty. What action should the umpires take? Answer If the umpires decide that B gave Y mark-room, they should act under rule D2.3(a) and penalise Y for breaking rule 31. If the umpires decide that Y touched the mark because B failed to give her markroom, they should make no signal. Y broke rule 31 by touching the mark; however, she was sailing within the mark-room to which she was entitled and is exonerated under rule 21(b). Although B broke rule 18.2(b), she cannot be penalised under rule D2.2 because no boat protested, and rule D2.3 does not permit umpires to initiate a penalty when a boat on the other team breaks a rule of Part 2. Section M - The Umpiring Process Supplement January 2015